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Bernie Sanders won a trifecta of states on Saturday. He put up big victories in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington, after carrying Idaho and Utah earlier in the week. Sanders beat his delegate targets by a solid margin in all five of these states and closed Hillary Clinton’s pledged delegate lead to just north of 225.¹ In doing so, Sanders highlighted an ongoing Clinton weakness: caucuses. All five of Sanders’s wins this week came in caucuses. The problem for the Sanders campaign is that there are only two caucuses left on the Democratic primary calendar.

Bernie goes all out for West Coast must-win

Without a big win in Washington Saturday, there’s no path forward for Bernie Sanders. And that cold political reality has turned this state into an unlikely battleground between the Vermont senator and Hillary Clinton.

Sanders recognizes Washington is as close to a must-win as it gets after his disappointing loss in Arizona on Tuesday. With 101 delegates at stake, only New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California have more delegates at play after this weekend.

California poll: Trump leads GOP; Clinton, Sanders close

Donald Trump leads among likely California Republican primary voters months ahead of the state’s June 7 contest, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are within single digits, according to the results of a survey from the Public Policy Institute of California released Wednesday evening.

More than halfway through a nomination race that she entered as the clear favorite, Hillary Clinton finds herself deadlocked with Bernie Sanders among Democrats.

Even after more than two dozen primaries and caucuses in which Clinton’s amassed a commanding lead in votes and in delegates needed to win the nomination, a Bloomberg Politics national poll found that Sanders is the first choice of 49 percent of those who have voted or plan to vote in this year’s Democratic contests, while the former secretary of state is preferred by 48 percent.

Western Tuesday Results, Analysis

Four of the five remaining major presidential candidates had what, to varying degrees, might be considered good days yesterday on so-called Western Tuesday. The Washington Post offers the following report this morning, declaring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump the biggest winners of the night:

Winners and losers from the Arizona, Utah and Idaho votes

Arizona was the big prize of the night, the third-biggest winner-take-all state on the map, with 58 delegates. There was some chatter in ... Read More >>

Sanders scrambles to keep pace with Clinton

Climbing off the mat after five morale-busting losses last week, Bernie Sanders won the Democrats Abroad primary on Monday and followed that up by taking two of the three Democratic contests Tuesday.

He’s also in a strong position to reel off a few more victories on Saturday — when caucuses in Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington take place.